Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    From A Dead Sleep
    From A Dead Sleep
    From A Dead Sleep
    Ebook474 pages7 hours

    From A Dead Sleep

    By John A. Daly

    4.5/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    There are times when the truth invites evil, and there are times when the truth can get you killed.

    "A fast reading suspense book that surprised me so much, I had to finish it in one sitting." - Alice de Sturler of the American Investigative Society Of Cold Cases

    "An epic thriller with a memorable, unorthodox main character... a riveting read..." - Colorado Country Life Magazine

    Few residents in the secluded mountain-town of Winston, Colorado, have kind words to say about local troublemaker Sean Coleman. He's a bully, a drunk, and a crime-show addicted armchair detective with an overactive imagination.

    After a night of poor judgment, Sean finds himself the sole witness to the unusual suicide of a mysterious stranger. With the body whisked away in the chilling rapids of a raging river, no one believes Sean's account.

    When his claim is met with doubt and mockery from the people of Winston, Sean embarks on a far-reaching crusade that takes him across the country in search of the dead man's identity and personal vindication. He hopes to find redemption and the truth---but sometimes the truth is better left unknown.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBQB Publishing
    Release dateJun 25, 2013
    ISBN9781937084974
    From A Dead Sleep

    Related to From A Dead Sleep

    Titles in the series (5)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Suspense For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Journal Entry 1940

      Feb 28, 2018

      Journal Entry 1940
      3 min read

    • Article

      My Dinner with Denis Johnson

      Jun 25, 2018

      My Dinner with Denis Johnson
      13 min read

    • Article

      Summer Beach Reads

      Jan 10, 2021

      Summer Beach Reads
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Art Of Secretion

      May 5, 2022

      The Art Of Secretion
      8 min read

    • Article

      Push

      Aug 4, 2022

      Push
      5 min read

    • Article

      Lay Your Burden Down

      Mar 1, 2019

      Lay Your Burden Down
      15 min read

    • Article

      Any Given Day

      Mar 29, 2021

      Any Given Day
      11 min read

    • Article

      Excerpts From The Works Of The 2024 Whiting Award Winners

      Apr 10, 2024

      The 2024 Whiting Award winners were announced Wednesday night. Below are excerpts from their work.

      19 min read

    • Article

      100-WORD-STORY COMPETITION Winners

      Aug 16, 2022

      We’ve been delighted by the huge response to our 100-word-story competition. The entries have flooded in thick and fast during the past few months, but while we’ve enjoyed reading every story, only a few can come out on top! You, our readers, voted t

      5 min read

    • Article

      Two Poems by Phillip B. Williams

      Dec 15, 2017

      The masters are yet dead. Wanting to be human,I tried to rewrite The Waste Land. The canon’s reachcasts ruinous light. The masters’ pens breachthis page where, above, my own hand spectates. Babylonrisen, exorcism in reverse, whose nature upended now?

      6 min read

    • Article

      About Ed

      Jun 14, 2022

      I walk into the orchid show with Ed. As soon as I see the tumultuous hall I know he won’t last long. Ed walks like an old man though he is forty. After ten minutes on his feet, he vomits on some purple phalaenopsis. I get him outside through a fire e

      18 min read

    • Article

      Six Poems

      Nov 1, 2023

      loved best. Words I have neversaid. New sentence, at 80. Of coursenot more than his children, and their children. That goeswithout saying—but I want to lay down eachelement of love’s house. First,the hole, under—apple cellar, potato cellar,cellar to

      5 min read

    • Article

      How the Cicada Screams

      Dec 1, 2020

      How the Cicada Screams
      7 min read

    • Article

      On Beauty and Violence

      Dec 11, 2023

      On Beauty and Violence
      18 min read

    • Article

      The Weaker Sister: When we have to evacuate Earth, only the strong will survive.

      Oct 13, 2016

      What on earth was mine? Our underground domicile’s concrete walls mapped with veins of mold and ice, the drip-drip-drip of dirty melt from the ceiling into four rusty pots, the gray shapes the water made when we flung it out against the frozen drifts

      25 min read

    • Article

      In The Spotlight: Your Writing Genre - Busting

      Apr 4, 2024

      What an inventive lot the WM writers proved themselves to be with the ‘Genre-busting' submission call! The response was terrific, with a postbag full of playful, off-the wall writing that read as if its creators had a gonzo riot mashing up elements f

      5 min read

    • Article

      In The Spotlight:your Writing Dark Side

      Dec 7, 2023

      Spooky season evidently offered creative inspiration aplenty for the WM writers, who responded to the call for writing in November’s crime-themed issue on the theme of ‘Dark Side’ with our fullest mailbox yet. The poetry and prose sent in demonstrate

      4 min read

    • Article

      “Really?”

      Jun 2, 2022

      “Really?”
      6 min read

    • Article

      Announcing The winners Of Our FLASH CONTEST

      Feb 29, 2020

      I sever the first two fingers of my left hand on a Tuesday. They fall to the ground at my feet, causing a momentary confusion as I wonder what tree has dropped this odd fruit. Then I see the crescent scar left behind by a fish hook and know that thes

      8 min read

    • Article

      Instructions For The Drowning

      Jun 1, 2021

      Instructions For The Drowning
      9 min read

    • Article

      Prohibition

      Sep 10, 2021

      It had been ten days since my last fix. I knew what I was going to do was wrong, but unless you knew the yearning that your body exerts, the internal pull which strangles your very soul into submission, then you cannot judge me. Yes, it was wrong. Ye

      15 min read

    • Article

      Swisher Sweets

      May 1, 2022

      Swisher Sweets
      17 min read

    • Article

      Four Poems

      May 1, 2022

      —after Gerrit van Honthorst’s “Samson and Delilah,” c. 1621 They’ve made a monster of me, marring my namefor eternity. I’m not Delilah,but Laila. I loved him. Each night, in bed, after our bodies became one body, he would succumb to sleep, resting hi

      3 min read

    • Article

      Nick Laird

      Dec 15, 2017

      I was trying to write like an adult.I had children.I was at the end of something. As I waited at my table by the window for the coffee,I saw that the sirocco had depositeda scrim of dust on the sill overnight,and it was the dark red of powdered blood

      3 min read

    • Article

      Dark Tales

      Dec 2, 2021

      Dark Tales
      6 min read

    • Article

      Crescent City

      Dec 1, 2021

      Crescent City
      5 min read

    • Article

      Three Poems

      Jan 1, 2024

      When the call cameshe ran. Outside, outthe back door, screamingNo No, got to thefence and ran back, droppedto her knees and pawedat the earth, clawingup handfuls of grass.She was howling. Aululation. Something I’d never heardbefore. Likea wild horse

      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for From A Dead Sleep

    4.5/5

    8 ratings3 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      ***I won a free paperback after winning a Goodreads giveaway, making this a first-reads***I loved this book. The suspense had me sitting on the edge of my seat. The bad guys didn’t care who they had to kill in order to keep their secret. My favorite types of books have a sort of mystery in them–I’m all about trying to solve a clue or puzzle before the end of the book. It was cool how I would think things would turn out a certain way, then something new and fresh would happen. There were definitely twists and turns throughout the story.I liked that the main character was the town loser. It made the tension and conflict between characters seem more real. I shed a tear when his uncle died. The author did a fabulous job with the setting details–I could picture every touch, smell, sight that the characters went through. His writing style was very descriptive, making me see everything as a blockbuster hit. I could picture Sean as Robert De Niro or Bradley Cooper.As a reader, I’m a huge fan of the jerks, so I loved Sean. I rooted for him since the beginning. He would make a good detective if he could calm down LOL. The story was also action-packed; I cared for everyone’s safety. No one was safe. The book especially got more interesting when Sean made it to Michigan to warn the dead guy’s wife about things he found out.I RECOMMEND this book to read.
    • 5/5
      I was given an advance copy of this book for my honest opinion. Hooley dooley, don't expect an early night once you pick up this book. The main character Sean is not all that likeable; flawed does not cut it with him. He's a bully, a drunk and an all round nasty guy but when he by chance sees another man suicide under mysterious circumstances the would be sleuth takes it upon himself to investigate. That's when things start to get really interesting. Now I'm not going to give you spoilers here, but this book picks up pace really quickly and keeps twisting and turning to keep you guessing all the way to the end. Oh and as for our Sean, I think I might just like him now. Great story.
    • 4/5
      Every small town has their black sheep and for Winston, Colorado, that’s Sean Coleman. He’s also a bully and spends his time drinking the night away. Sean use to dream of career in law enforcement and resents the fact he’s a plain old security officer. After a heavy night of drinking he finds himself near the river and notices a man on the bridge. He realizes the stranger is attempting to commit suicide and as he proceeds to stop the man he finds himself slowed down due to the terrain and his own personal health. Arriving too late he does the next best thing and that’s to notify the authorities, unfortunately no one believes him. Sean has a history of reporting suspicious behavior that turns out to have a reasonable explanation and therefore he’s Winston’s “boy who cried wolf.” Wanting to prove everyone wrong and finally earn some respect, he embarks on his own investigation. Little does he know his life is about to be turned upside down and he’s opening a can of worms that even Winston’s chief of police won’t be able to get out of.John Daly’s From a Dead Sleep is an engaging page turner with likable characters. Our unlikely hero, Sean is a bit difficult to like at first. He’s abrasive and demanding especially when he wants to be taken seriously. As the story develops, we find out he can be kind in his own way. For example, Toby is a local boy who happens to be autistic and idolizes him. Sean treats him the same way he treats everybody and that’s why Toby gravitates towards him, but at the same time they are an odd couple with their strange friendship. If Sean didn’t respect Toby he wouldn’t have let him take care of his dog, Rocco. We also have Sean’s brother-in-law, Gary, who happens to be Winston’s chief of police. Gary gave up a lucrative police career in Chicago to move to Winston with his wife Diana when her mother suffered a stroke. He resents Sean because he always has to listen to his outlandish theories and thinks of him as a loser. Then we have Lisa Kimble, a lonely wife who is waiting for her husband, Kyle, to join her on vacation. These three are our main characters and we have a several secondary characters that play a vital role.Narrative is primarily third person with an exception and that’s Kyle’s narrative. His is first person and at first I questioned why Daly would use this format, but then I remembered Kyle’s deaf. Even if he wasn’t I think first person helps the reader understand what his motives are. It was very effective and the shift in narrative does not distract the reader. Daly also makes it clear when Kyle’s narrative occurs so there’s no misunderstanding as you read. As I stated the writing is engaging and even though the story takes place in two different states you’re aware of the location of the action even though it’s easy to forget Lisa’s location especially at the beginning.As for the overall mystery, I honestly was caught unaware! Daly delivers a twist and the famous words of Sir Walter Scott will be playing in the background, “Oh, what a tangled web we weave / When first we practice to deceive!” Kyle is involved in some illegal activity and even though I want to discuss it fully, I can’t because I’m afraid of revealing a major spoiler. Let’s just say Kyle isn’t who claims to be and when you find out the identity of the victim, you’ll be shocked. You’ll also find out why the victim committed suicide and the entire back story is interesting. You’re heart will ache for Lisa when you realize how much she didn’t know. You might wonder if Sean gets his redemption and yes he does. He has to go through a series of trials in order to get it and learn from some mistakes, but in the end our unlikely hero saves the girl and solves the case.If you’re looking for a good mystery or are trying to break out of a reading slump, I highly recommend John Daly’s From a Dead Sleep. Just a bit of warning: don’t start this right before you go to bed, you won’t be able to put it down.

    Book preview

    From A Dead Sleep - John A. Daly

     "dbook_preview_excerpt.html}ے$Ǒݯ$kV=\ ,0  .1k0>ɢ2r:3#.<'7)9=IKUqp?~__}9/S_}ן~^W_߶?ᏯP_Oo~^?=</Og>~sEQݔ*T~b+{ՋON_˳uUS{<-s59Ny1Uc*>j㔚MU.!M}j1 ]1G)ȿnW5]/)-N;~uW'ֹM_)_|hyW֥Է<<:`=qw|S;LJi4muY8XɘP/q Ha1LC?B+ƫ6UaUF.,&2_2>ہĂ, ɧ댝IŦbC%؍oʾ7f2Lk\~ԋ\]l~_zV K_vXnG^?Rg>i߽)?~0]o合qqW_|+̱j_^ߦβ6dKrzR_DqW,q <9Vl3 uZpHu(cuXC+fOOm'SI?uCsvCV9Q[j=>Ͳa1\"c6^deB_(2o^.Lvzo|/7>ϟzf֔ߚ[~~koMy?5f_[3qk/nŭ5f_ܚ[3yk/o5f_ޚ[3yknխ5W7O5Wf_ݚ[3?5ϊ^~絻I^&òN`%Z~D~L,J,Z{qZiVEìiOnI_(fwjP%U~3;;bwQ{Z1[1wJ.[@_iw47Z}#hk{2x]ۈy b݅ C\Nm?Pu¸ P3a2&N_:6>ƅSHBN0 7/i'A`? k8\ 1?pR;?~oLLoqc FdEAiւd[?r6C>"nYŃ&5@Azy 珥 R_{A1ȸd|*V{:( r\I{{Yj^_"~gu囓c縇ahڈ~drTG'dmQhqS1IW'$@>sYP2C-&ZB`JuPu t$Jawchq"^YβchrT\c,9\dyý<YqƩziAk_-8Vi;Sow~^V5rzk)7_Zy10Uџ{٩FNx; Y5/)o m;]Z*/O9: qST K:_ݓ(C؈/s}Jr4UHN/u\M=M\'Ig}_)PMߒJXZ#A *C>܋w8U䟢,fC)d)]J|JJQ&qX7 §,ctZڡb70Z#tbmeES2ID/ 54D@ݾ.ʞkAQX^.XqZ7.s0@pKDe)0;r=G':Y}}‰(f Em`F3=oMQ.B`>D\RQ:R:)h/Ô͔dUVP(PfO>ҢYr3b %fY#5 >k/GPhw@kƃOW0Ԅt\It\POr8Eyv&-BOT`z@I1w^V`WDODyªbt;: %.6*q<8Ŗc{;"؊r' If$%AS,?] &oug6DNt<<\BWX/Yy~S1W|,0Xз"vpwbr} GI 4r/)"b0ٝH#Pc;%],W.Pdع&2AiemDˊ$fCK S.`&Bfr7a]~FKvHl~~W3d\ A$1~DCrOs+a#3>Nap0pWDyqKgo8p]zu@jeVuz98@!>];|#j塩VVu[΀e@s*lD<9+M/ǘU!5O:|Wo/3`!,dJbq~໏0" 򄃮bN\U &f{ЭH ,4NP(AKMV&5/ANq\3eMet$n6:0%NqqRRG>`j.XlkH@SCj?^:gVtmG{0fCMƦ(auY([2SC}'z1G8ˍP<ێ`70ӨtGBP:>m4̓@"M, иp\T 7\@SВ_GLALfmOV>+1v2)-{ZO8F̙]q:\?0q 6u I-Aiƕ4rp,D{;\aD.$ɭC #  X3A܌`nq1QzLzz2U Ը5[GŅ9:9{"[FktKϛ$N#D<>tX)961 [<\,_ 58 pA@[հ7y VcoWSIgVN1~l$ xnb |N8S"%ڷŶ-ʈqKb>b%<F(g챈佲Rex'qU@Ileլ}ȷ g55걈N\ӝQJW7BxiIC7~'W>iOh:hªD% (0A˲(\+DcBQ֌*R~MX&C?s#Daw"BhAADJ:)Vd&H{mր :Φc9fWd/1Z_n" Z@pqiڔ#=9 pw9/)Q:CB Dm5ӈYq< J|P@!G@LRWM<)9KHD1u ,ϝrc;BpKmWM+)U`:S2+6Vw>eL@^ ڱ^R+uPhYt)jM9$вnl3"s$LOs,u!I9!f Q!A}C.Wl}!(8 J3M,#PD\|Q{q# HP)e>ދ Ψ)? @]0T2x  Hq ,^|P< (2Y,y֓1PD5AO"Hyq3$}RN\44f #el=g#893 -2QSJ W~ʕP T"LLϔ=U?jyqx\.uAy!Y SieY#g]Ȯ8nz t,j(oikĩ1TЃi5&"dbj4* ,ǔ\>S\BM'h|u9ȉiVLzz%3eX]ړEy5}8 np7ϣzx]Z(hl ~)#bFS:7"O.(.:XJr4\ +^T]y$@N3U]mqZ3Y5i𲃎uwgA2١Ẍ́KCCGnLdu($G ny5}8FC : o29 \<)#S\6"__JΛLr?I@DnQ0̳m7sZ]_fAٲq<̂QkDŶ鏠3k@- =zZX:FFd`(N@l}{cOMM٫m5$Y..(lUP)=TSk7%%E(`=]*/S7k!̵ת"Ҙ+,ltyp3;ho!M|3]am vL; MqAsﮥ%xJ}SINZtb9eHs^}3,̏91YB/fN\P&Cޗ>仐VQ50i 7ce:r>k+tzWW@pxhӄZ5g>C:3yFƺ𡋙Gq_ e-|D TDOo:M]? he`~ng -o- Ny$1m@b~8tmːv)by7Gcva\L-B5R̕ 반rEx ZVeAC^J $pll*}<:cfG1̝u.owY{fZufD.3X&6 :\!!roP=>z;4Ϫ?2Xg+g~%9# B6>y܊.s<{ޱiPN+82 ɫwS+kQI|`,-p~l V?Pj~9\2 T@u g4iJN$/&YsIuf|fZ ڼ3;<&puT౐+,ܛ1TF`5=i9f]e/вZjRdB$>d%u# :ɤsܕv>ei'rW|# Nj9kaDulJ{J͘!j/8KP]>DU\Қ1Еo'3w +F`y+&X?']*?yb;/r>0hiZwJbS8'2T8SܲD<y˩@0̜ȬÈF'^4CdWPk"TQTJG罳X_ǸWAZuVgUWqJ#Y,ik8L2M=$zQJ]|CfԽh3 kd6xU{~hGX,+?/=Y+#`u+pr!Ibv`⸁,[XH$mC;TZ 06oy iEEb7 o0$;+!DȊ}Ls +J$23M[Ov ^pۥ &):+ֺdiEϠ_.]+&c&1l2Qe{m)'HYp+1$|4FXɯCcj/`#KD1APU__kh FC.WĦ[_ D"7 6&̴HN^2G1Wa ̟OrX~mijuh?`# ]*(\͵Ʊg쉓~gV˺ -}<;э5Y*زa!vAu#O67*f!&5=!uf>£YJr ތ Ĩ T†Q`㏝'!4w :Pa8CQ)f1L0Λz@a$\M6 |zg-VB2)7H г8"]r{ԭ8&W}00«b̕xByɧ:!դNhHDmE|,a;Te>xrx)b=|[cO$ZϷ9纹lE%)[B )}ɍX!; 쐻Y[abdí TddEV7tLYkzJMvK F#v=aa>+v|ԝ;X1vJx!?(W >JXҀœ_FΖHb?%ⵀ.侀yf2i#3APԲn˵n{"Gkvu\l䥼Neo湝@;NH'1LW q)@N}Zj]HaRn 9E=?HV&8S=ájp~?I6bbiLdKԫK0@+Lr!%.Wys]5Sj1iLarI ZGld[C|mHVǾ/feGrN;t&u֡rg9Qz Jj MmnDDf~r>`N^''ҕufƋAqlF a5\u,9;#_z3*sc{-pZ+=%VYC+"ӓK)YK&b uZ8N:TrH ]QhDɌ;c^sDF2`{"ߨ"=$FL{皤OeNShITP;EA)L)%|YyGyT)hD!*5ؓ)DIch @j3+aA-B9`7B8D MԿ73n},JrBi)S?/ORərfpC R|I3C4P}qvFjth4 _umA/2-tJj~3 αJbp,+\|{..7,ԧyI Ĺ 2挋{"nոlWC"ZW8#|7U^#Lj'm)~Oӂ`wk~ǘJ>j"+3UeeHS,0D)x>ވf:2'F-)-hr*%i] 1lK&X`CVlYkWb"s4xC E7U3<[;osQ@˝zJJ)Bmv6|:c~Ɵ/#gAåpR߷3:+'ɲ4 mBוj_I-Ѧ3s?jeL3}f.$ {"^?!2RJg6sHJ}S5&sdok|G'&[G =2q~[&lx(%㽦?4cP$60 :f.pqZb6@b!70:aRx}{+8.mi7.3kL4c;O@7 b.eSoHE9ʆbT(vĊ$MT<ԵYB-" GhNi}&\bFkH80^/Lq`dzoMAMڋ_ɾ (@9Aneeإe*H Ԧ̧5T2QP}c!9bf9~ކ=D)QS4h7ߏa/0V1P*d2zڍ-Z9=blr'",φ2gו0Fi;ǬM`Y|`2ɾopsrkT{0hk$ҽ#|G 0'G\:o=o}˚P(F9bCW+h{QY1hc_+ޜgg_$ tvo) YZr)mE^=YT-( Yl٥A7b]"bk(T-lcԢb ,3Ut"4F(ӍBHfjϖx8MWҐQUV&?̣2aa4E㒅tNz̬' A?6h莕_>jڛx-0pBZ7tuؓ5}vu?Dnڈآ>`qr%1(ͮQ˻wfH_6rۀgdyHQ$a1CtF?-Mnno(%-%d{hks hז9QDm?JĎ56[m֟Ōy,pD5Ӣe-k8vZkȫjʼ2LLRXԎ}&QU ~2?-rҹǨ=9eO|P>k~F Xsrt SةBVЧ n>jN,s+R%dJ^BO\%[*lc@c)4"<<_m8A} uNN) VNYi9/er/#qWi^F6+7;O?=-jع L>^ Fnp~ŭ>W7m8qa`LбjikJ@_`8L?2ʩFf)=ޟu{zÛOf5 f䄉pO'=H0p{Љ3Leuڜ#oiwO1ԕODLVuɷ"-LYL bAKŌ6ʱ{h ~:}RH5';ה0Zʴn>0+pWެǚ{1*3ӧ%#z2V!`VspR9IQQu'9<9ŤѼKV'͖[CL AynRJk{ױD+1I"1ycM;hSOA`&Y{<:Q)0d._&7QeOh2}tp7_~(TЬvod`G[~i[TpMy)%ů֍lEDZLFwn7qW63A fw$F(eI 9 IY%8Z2<*fee9ѭ^}(&aF:&6Z 2L%mDUs{s53֓tra}b "˽~,ă{q\YGy[3ґ/N.~^EU(V[<.am^Ws [$nXw?ۅD^*Cܫm NWezՁ 7GWeZxNjL 7k[=/g'Nj`[!~"h6C?fݽ^KPP^j WJ}͂{/|%彺AoZI頕7Ϫ$hW|l29mP|( i2g ˛ LЛ}4_AKe괶RgKy:OJX84vUn(S_G EZhʫaedI~oKcN@=wURD庚P 0u6\JOrq˱89~/ }ge( Qk\&1Z4Xg>8ww2;+d)G- 1V0FM":| Gϲd~:||ЛK?|mNDWG2\H@>rmhvi>JӅo#pQH;zy&uҕԶqY>Xi8d e@Y֭Qe3ngygj36t 滛'HH3y,ֆ9W̢0AalW b_k^Msv4[Z.]brzQ>d-M--֥sft- VZ2d(Oe~\jΙ&1h^@֮~ &z+qRS+'#^7!|HH|Ԓqժu4xZN
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1